Lyrics
There's a steel kiss in my lip cold and mean
Line's singin' tight like a banjo string
I feel the boat rock hear the reel scream
But I ain't goin' quiet not in this dream
I thrash and I jump spray the sky with salt
Tail like a whip heart beatin' assault
They think they got me think I'm done for good
But I got memories written in blood
Wriggle to win shake that barb loose
Run like the devil cut my own noose
Blistering speed down the line I dive
Quick little shimmy yeah I'm still alive!
Clean getaway clean getaway
Slipped the reaper on a silver tray
Feels like a crime how good it tastes
To sink back to the deep in one piece today
I remember the last one years in the past
Same old trick when the line went slack at last
I carved a big circle gave 'em false hope
Then turned on a dime down the leader's rope
Pressure eased up just a heartbeat's worth
I shook once hard felt the hook leave earth
Popped like a cork freedom in my gills
Watched that shiny traitor drift away still
Wriggle to win shake that barb loose
Run like the devil cut my own noose
Blistering speed down the line I dive
Quick little shimmy yeah I'm still alive!
Clean getaway clean getaway
Laughed in the face of yesterday
Thank God for the tricks the speed the play
This big ol' fish made it home today
Down in the blue where the light don't reach
I taste the dark and it tastes like peace
No frying pan no picture frame wall
Just the hush of the deep and the sound of y'all
Cussin' on deck 'cause I beat the odds again
Big fish grin in the shadows my friend
Clean getaway... clean getaway...
Slipped the line like a ghost today
Wriggle to win that's the only way
I'll see you next cast... maybe... someday
Sink slow breathe deep let the current roll
Big fish still swimmin' with a story to tell